GM recalls 4,300 cars in U.S. for airbag issue

(Reuters) — General Motors Co said on Thursday it is recalling 4,304 Chevrolet Malibu Eco cars
sold in the United States to reprogram a module that controls airbag deployments.

The U.S. automaker said in what it described as rare cases under extremely aggressive
turning, the roof rail airbags in some 2013 model year Malibu Ecos might inflate. It also said in
another scenario it described as rarer that the airbags and safety belt pretensioners might not
deploy.

GM said no crashes or injuries have been reported related to this issue.

GM said it discovered the problem during a development test in which one of the cars was
performing extreme maneuvers. It said letters will be mailed to car owners on June 1 with
instructions to have the reprogramming done at no cost at a dealer.